I am already starting to plan out where we will be spending the holidays since if I were to go into labor two weeks early it would be Thanksgiving! We have several places my DH and I usually go since his parents are divorced. We usually go to my parents, his mom's, his dad's, his grandmothers, as well as his other grandmothers house. It is hard for both of us since we would like to be able to spend more time with my family as well. Trying to decide if we can do it all especially since his family all live an hour to an hour and a half away and my parents live maybe only five minutes away. Thanks ladies![Poll]
Re: clicky poll...holiday planning anyone?
All our family lives 2000 + miles away. Originally, this was going to be the first year we hosted Thanksgiving and Christmas. Now that I'm pregnant, everyone is skipping Thanksgiving to save up for travel expenses for the baby's birth. My brother and DH's family is coming for Christmas and staying a bit after for the baby. Then my mom will come over for a month once they leave.
We're excited to get our first Christmas tree and celebrate at home. I love decorating and entertaining for the holidays, so this is a treat (and not stressful) for me.
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Not yet. Due to previous issues, I'm not allowed to travel further than 45 minutes away after 35 weeks. Thanksgiving with DH's family is always an hour and a half away. Last time I was pregnant, I was a week further ahead, and MIL refused to skip going that year (it's at her SIL's sister's house) and spend it with us, so I assume she'll do the same thing again this year. My family is all far away. We will likely go out to eat for thanksgiving this year.
As far as Christmas goes, we aren't traveling far (sad, I want to go to Michigan to see my family this year) more for budgeting purposes, and we don't know when baby will come. If it was a couple weeks early, we would consider it, except we are trying to save money. Any closer than that, we'd probably stay home. I don't think I'd feel up to a five hour plus car ride much sooner. When DD2 was born, we went to MIchigan two weeks later and it was fine, but any earlier, I don't think it would have been.
Yes and no. We've talked about it between the two of us, but haven't talked to the families yet.
For Thanksgiving we're supposed to go to my parents vacation house which is about 2 hours away. Since Thanksgiving is only 12 days before my due date, DH doesn't want to be 2 hours away from the hospital, so we're going to invite my immediate family and DH's immediate family to our house instead.
Since baby is due well before Christmas, we will likely host Christmas dinner like we always do - both sets of parents and any siblings that don't have plans with SOs
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Since I'm not due until closer to Christmas, I am planning on it being just another Thanksgiving. I love Thanksgiving and it is the one time a year that my entire extended family gets together. It is so nice to see everyone, and now that my cousins are having babies, it is always a good time. My parents host and don't live to far for us, so we'll go up for the day. Not sure about DH's family - last year we hosted about 12 people around Thanksgiving, but I don't think we'll host this year.
Not really making plans for Christmas at this point. I'll either be just back from the hospital with a newborn, in the hospital or waiting to deliver! (Off topic - but typing that just made me very excited!!!!) I have told my family that they can stop by anytime, but that is limited to just our immediate family. I don't imagine we'll see a lot of extended family during this Christmas.
We usually alternate holidays. Last year, we did Thanksgiving with my family at my parents', and Christmas with his family at his sister's.
I have a feeling I'm not going anywhere for Thanksgiving (it's a week before my due date), and I wish everyone would come to our place for Christmas, but we in a small-ish apartment, so I doubt that's going to happen. We'll probably end up at my parents' for Christmas, since it's closer, and it's their "turn."
It's pretty much Christmas as usual this year. Since my family has gotten so big, we split the Christmas celebrations up. We do my immediate family on Christmas day (along with DH's sister and nephew who live close by), and then my dad's side of the family the weekend before Christmas. Since I'm due at the beginning of the month, I'm not worried about travelling. The farthest we have to travel is 20 min.
We do usually leave to make the 8 hour trip to visit DH's family on Boxing Day for a week. Won't happen this year. We're planning on making a trip in the summer or fall to compensate.
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I really have no idea what we'll do for Thanksgiving yet. I'm do Dec 4, so we're definitely not leaving town. Usually we do Thanksgiving with some friends here anyway, so we'll probably plan on doing that unless I end up having the baby a bit early.
For Christmas, we will travel to see my family for a week or so. We do it every year, including the year my daughter was a newborn. It involves flying, and I'm sure some of you will think I'm crazy for taking a newborn on a plane. It really wasn't a big deal with my daughter. I wore her in the airport and didn't let anyone touch her or really even see her. I'll do the same with this baby.
I put yes, but not because I can't wait
I'm going to Thanksgiving without DH at the in-laws, mostly as an obilgation because I will not be going to Christmas. We just moved and are now close enough to DH's family to attend such events, but there is no way I am taking a newborn baby and my just-gave-birth a$$ to spend the holidays with a ton of people and lots of other children. Home alone (with baby) for me and THAT I am excited about!